Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roberta Beach Jacobson (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 13:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roberta Beach Jacobson[edit]

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She doesn't appear to meet WP:BIO or WP:GNG. She has been in CAT:NN for 14 years, with a question over notability since 2006, so hopefully we can get this resolved now. Previous AfD was 'keep' but that was in 2008 when our standards were significantly lower for inclusion. Boleyn (talk) 12:38, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Her website comes up, then various links to buy her books. Nothing about the person, no reviews of the books I can find. Oaktree b (talk) 12:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Journalism, and Massachusetts. Shellwood (talk) 14:51, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I agree with Boleyn that this kind of promotional hagiography was a common keep at AfD back in the way -- without even looking at the previous one, I'm sure there were "Ooooo, look, she wrote a lot of books!!" answers -- but enough is enough. The subject meets none of the provisions of BIO or GNG, there is not and never has been any proffering of reliable sources concerning her. Time to clean this up. Ravenswing 14:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - an IP editor removed reviews on 13 March 2023 [1] (Globe & Mail archive version; ABC AU archive version). These reviews discuss her contribution to Rite of Passage: Tales of Backpacking 'Round Europe, but on their own, do not support WP:AUTHOR or WP:BASIC notability. Other reviews removed by the IP editor on 13 March 2023 [2] seem to be not helpful for supporting notability (absolutewrite.com) or have limited information provided to help locate the review (The Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society) for assessment. Beccaynr (talk) 19:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I also searched for sources and reviews online and at the Wikipedia Library. There were some results for her writing, but I have not found substantial independent and reliable secondary support for WP:AUTHOR or WP:BASIC notability. Beccaynr (talk) 19:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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